I do hope this is out of character Andrea?

It strikes me as appalling that someone can't post "such horrors" (as
you put it) without being jumped on. The fact that you didn't offer
Chris any advice on improving his technique by calling on your vast
experience only compounds the horror of your own posts in this thread.
Shall we put your insensitivity down to tiredness from too many hours
at the telescope?

I'm not convinced that digital cameras can always manage the trick of
getting a sharp focus through a telescope. My own Sony goes crackers if
I try and use spot focus. Though it usually does reasonably well on
normal automatic focussing. But I still prefer to set my camera to
infinity when my taking my handheld moon and planetary "snaps". My
camera even seems to be able to cope with my near one diopter lack of
accomodation. No doubt the infinity setting is insensitive to focussing
errrors. Those who use spectacles should remember to keep their glasses
on for critical focussing. Or the telescope will be at a focus setting
that matches your prescription.

Camera shake is also a problem when taking pictures through any
telescope. Taking twenty shots and picking the best works for me.
Sometimes I can't even find a good shot amongst the twenty I take
despite having a massive mount and pier supporting my telescope. So I
take fifty more and hope. My best horrors satisfy me. Few as they are
amongst the 2 gigs of snaps on my hard drive.

Keep up the good work Chris. Every great journey starts with a single
step. Just beware of serpents on the path! ;-)

Chris.B